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Maksim Talykov

2×2 · top 56.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017TALY01

Maksim Talykov has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 6.53, set at Cuberussia in Kalmykia 2017, puts him in the top 56.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,433rd in Russia. Across 2 competitions since April 2017, he has put 48 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 39.13 in April 2017 to 31.95, an 18% improvement. Maksim has entered two competitions.

2×2
best event — top 56.3% of 186,767 all-time
6.53
signature single · Cuberussia in Kalmykia 2017
48
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
2×26.5313.24
top 56.3%2,433 / 4,782
Pyraminx10.7719.07
top 58.8%2,206 / 3,777
3×331.9534.69
top 65.8%3,983 / 6,475
3×3 one-handed1:48.112:25.90
top 97.2%1,728 / 1,770

Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.

The line so far

Kalmykia Open 2017: 39.13Cuberussia in Kalmykia 2017: 31.9531.9539.138 Apr 20175 Aug 2017

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.

The circuit

The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.

Next targets

  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
  • A sub-10 Pyraminx single — 68,530 people have one; it is 0.77 away.

Targets move as he improves.